Apparently Amazon had details of the new Canon 40D. Before they were taken down Bob Atkins copied them to his site: http://tinyurl.com/yshabj.

Salient points:
Live Preview, plus two Silent Modes which use the ‘LiveMos’ type CMOS sensor’s electronic shuttering ability (’LiveMos’ it is not, since that is an Olympus trademark, but it’s a Canon equivalent).
Unlimited JPEGs or a substantial 17-frame RAW sequence at 6.5 frames per second.
Tethered shooting via Ethernet, remote shooting via Wireless (g), GPS metadata embedding, and shoot-to-HD on camera all enabled by add-on base unit/s.
Interchangeable focusing screens.
New CMOS focusing array including a high resolution crossed sensor with enough sensitivity work well with typical superzooms, f/6.3 maximum aperture at the long end.
An Auto-ISO function based on ISO 400 default and 100-800 range.
A standard ISO range limited to 100-1600 unless you use a menu item to get 3200.
A conservative 10.1 megapixels in a small 1.6X sensor format, as with previous amateur and semi-pro Canons.
A mode very similar to Hi200 on the Alpha 100, preserving highlight detail, but operating at 100-800 ISO instead of just one setting.
A 14-bit A to D converter and 14-bit sRAW file format.
30 seconds to 1/8000th and flash sync at 1/250th.
A price of $1299 for the body only

Now some of this will already be familiar to K10D owners I think. Interesting to hear your views.

I like the embedded gps metadata. But won't be rushing out to buy one

I shot the eclipse with the Bigma, but had a dodgy tripod so the photos aren't that good. Haven't tried it since I got the new tripod - I don't hink I've seen the moon for months due to the weather. However I was not that impressed with the Bigma for the moon shots, but that may just be me.

Personally I think Petekd should look at WTD #011

AND #16
In fact All of them!

WTD is up there with Dilbert. Realy enjoy them both.

You have a PM

The 13mm tube says it is manual focus. I'm not sure this is a matching set.
I have a set of Soligor tubes, AF. I hardly ever use them and am considering selling them. I have only used them a couple of times, and decided they are not for me.

For those in Holland or who can read Dutch there is a Bigma on offer on www.Marktplaats.nl at the moment. A demo model.
Advert number 10983946313

No I have an SP AF90 F/2.8 for Pentax, with a 55mm filter size. It is about 10 years old.

I have an older non-digital Tamron 90mm lens and it works just fine on my Ds. I haven't tried the Di version to know what the difference (if any) is. Mine isn't even an LD version - just an SP AF90mm.

London Dungeon maybe? I've never been so it's only a guess.